Hay-loader



(No Model.) 2 Sheets'8het 1] G. M. GATES.

4 HAY LOADBR. No. 513,996. Patented Feb. 6, 1894.

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CHARLES M. GATES OF LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSIAH C. SMALLEY, OF LAFAYETTE, INDIANA.

HAY-LO'ADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,996, dated February 6, 1894.

' Application filed June 28, 1893. Serial No. 479,009. (No model.)

To 00% whom it may concern:

3e it known that I, CHARLES M. GATES, a c1t1zen of the United States, residing at La Salle, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Im provement in Hay-Loaders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hay-loaders. The object of my invention is, to provide improved means for operating the rake-bars.

.The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation. 2 represents a rear elevation. sents a section at a Fig. 1.

In the drawings, A, indicates an inclined platform which is mounted by means of a suitable frame-work, B, on an axle, C, which is provided with a-pair of carryin g-wheels, D, D, which are secured to the axle so as to revolve therewith.

Two sets of rake-bars, E, and F, arranged alternately, are mounted upon the platform Fig. Fig. 3 repre- A so as to have a longitudinal reciprocating and vertically vibrating movement thereon.

" The upper ends of rake-bars E, are rigidly secured to the under side of a cross-bar, G, the ends of which rest and slide upon ways, H, H, erected at the opposite edges of the platform, the ends of the cross-bar being provided with pivots, I, I, which project beneath rHaisfid guide-bars, J, J, secured to the ways,

The rake-bars F are suspended at their upper ends from the cross-bar G, so as to have a longitudinal sliding motion thereon, by means of rods, K, which slide in eyes, L, secured to the under side of the cross-bar and are bent downward at the ends and secured to the upper edges of the rake-bars, as shown in Fig. 3.

The lower ends of the rake-bars E are rigidly connected together by means of a crossbar, M, which is secured to the upper edge of each of said rake-bars by means of a bracket, N. The intermediate parts of the rake-bars nals, U, U, projecting from the opposite ends of cross-bar M, by means of connecting-rods V, V, each of which is provided with a longitudinal slot, W, into which a pin, X, projects from the side of the main-frame. The wrist-pins of sprocket-wheels R, are connected in like manner with the ends of cross-bar O, by means of connecting-rods, Y, Y, each having a longitudinal slot, Z, which engages a pin, 1, projecting from the side of the mainframe.

The sprocket-wheels P, and R, are rotated during the movement of the carrying-wheels D, by means of sprocket-wheels, 2, 2, secured to the axle O, and chain-belts 3, 3, passing over said sprocket-wheel.

In operation, the connecting-rods Y, V, operate as levers having shifting fulcrums, to convert the rotary movement of the sprocket-Wheels P, and B into a vertically vibrating and longitudinally reciprocating movement of the rake-bars E, and F, whereby the material is raked from the ground upon and is elevated along the platform, A; the two sets of rake-bars moving simultaneously in opposite directions.

I claim as my invention-- 1. In a hay-loader, the main-frame, the series of rake-bars loosely attached at one end to said frame so as to slide thereon, the crossbar connecting the lower ends of said rakebars, the pair of sprocket-wheels each provided with a wrist-pin and revolubly mounted on opposite sides of the main-frame, the longitudinally slotted connecting-rods, the pins projecting from the main-frame and engaging the slots in the connecting-rods, carryingwheels arranged to support the main-frame, and intermediate connecting mechanism conxo pended from said cross-bar so as to slide longitudinally thereon substantially as set forth, and means for imparting a reciprocating movement in opposite directions to the two sets of rake-bars, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES M. GATES.

Vitnesses:

ADAM O. BEHM, G. G. JONES, FREDK. O. EVANS. 

